Cash-transfer programmes in developing countries

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9874, 2013, Pages 1254-1255

  Gilmour, Stuart ^a   Hamakawa, Tomohiro ^a   Shibuya, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84876170572     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60358-x     Document Type: Note

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